Charles Winninger
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Charles Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals, but equally at home in dramas.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9372 |
| Birthday | 1884-05-25 |
| Place of Birth | Athens, Wisconsin, USA |
| Also Known As | Charlie Winninger, Charles J. Winninger, |
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
6.1/42
The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought toge...
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Beyond Tomorrow
1936
Show Boat
6.73/50
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
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Show Boat
1931
Husband's Holiday
9/1
A stuffy family man cheats on his wife but she refuses him a divorce at first. Meanwhile his mistress resents her second class status.
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Husband's Holiday
1941
The Get-Away
6/8
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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The Get-Away
1939
Babes in Arms
6.413/46
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
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Babes in Arms
1945
State Fair
6.6/73
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine B...
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State Fair
1960
The Miracle of the White Reindeer
8/1
Xmas-themed kiddie matinee film.
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The Miracle of the White Reindeer
1937
Nothing Sacred
6.268/115
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Nothing Sacred
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
6.8/8
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway...
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Little Nellie Kelly
1939
Destry Rides Again
7.2/205
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into...
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Destry Rides Again
1947
Something in the Wind
7/9
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
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Something in the Wind
1944
Belle of the Yukon
5.8/9
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.
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Belle of the Yukon
1936
Three Smart Girls
6.5/27
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him wi...
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Three Smart Girls
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
7.2/8
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, an...
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
5.9/23
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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A Lady Takes a Chance
1941
Pot o' Gold
5.7/27
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family...
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Pot o' Gold
1941
My Life with Caroline
6.8/4
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
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My Life with Caroline
1944
Broadway Rhythm
6.333/3
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in...
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Broadway Rhythm
1931
Night Nurse
6.8/91
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small chil...
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Night Nurse
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
6.417/6
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with wa...
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
6.613/53
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a yo...
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The Sun Shines Bright
1926
The Canadian
7.5/2
A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and financial woes.
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The Canadian
1953
A Perilous Journey
4.5/6
A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, C...
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A Perilous Journey
1937
Every Day's a Holiday
5.8/13
In turn-of-the-century New York City, con artist Peaches O'Day befriends Captain Jim McCarey, a cop who must turn her in unless she leaves town. The c...
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Every Day's a Holiday
1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
5.833/6
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
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Las Vegas Shakedown
1931
The Bad Sister
5.58/25
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the...
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The Bad Sister
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
7.071/21
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts...
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Flesh and Fantasy
1931
Flying High
5.8/5
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
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Flying High
1947
Living in a Big Way
6/4
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
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Living in a Big Way
1948
The Inside Story
6.571/7
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hote...
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The Inside Story
1937
Café Metropole
7.25/12
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
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Café Metropole
1950
Father Is a Bachelor
7.4/8
Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids: January, February, March, April, and May are living wit...
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Father Is a Bachelor
1940
My Love Came Back
4.875/8
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his...
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My Love Came Back
1926
Summer Bachelors
4/3
Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting...
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Summer Bachelors
1943
Hers to Hold
7/8
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the s...
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Hers to Hold
1937
The Go-Getter
6.2/5
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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The Go-Getter
1946
Lover Come Back
7.125/4
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
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Lover Come Back
1938
Goodbye Broadway
10/1
Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singer...
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Goodbye Broadway
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
7.5/2
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
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Give My Regards to Broadway
1939
Barricade
6.5/4
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
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Barricade
1938
Hard to Get
6.333/6
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making b...
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Hard to Get
1944
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
5.5/6
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't...
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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
1931
God's Gift to Women
4.778/9
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
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God's Gift to Women
1934
Social Register
5/4
Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in love, and are on their merry way to wedded bliss. Howev...
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Social Register
1937
You Can't Have Everything
6.5/4
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon t...
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You Can't Have Everything
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
6.65/40
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on...
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Ziegfeld Girl
1937
Woman Chases Man
5.9/9
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
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Woman Chases Man
1936
White Fang
7/3
A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
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White Fang
1937
You're a Sweetheart
4.6/15
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...
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You're a Sweetheart
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
5.9/27
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1960
Raymie
6/2
Raymie, an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant barracuda known as Old Moe.
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Raymie
1931
Children of Dreams
7/1
One day, Molly Standing is picking apples in her father's apple orchard in California, with her friend Gertie (Marion Byron), when they meet two boys,...
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Children of Dreams
1943
Coney Island
6.3/10
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spo...
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Coney Island
1953
Torpedo Alley
10/1
After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for submarine duty. During training he competes with Comma...
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Torpedo Alley
1942
Friendly Enemies
6/7
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has ta...
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Friendly Enemies
1931
Gun Smoke
6.667/3
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Ida...
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Gun Smoke
1930
Soup to Nuts
5.938/16
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for...
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Soup to Nuts
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
7.5/2
Bobby Jones teaches a group of truant businessman how to improve their chip shots.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.75/8
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1953
Champ for a Day
7/2
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favor...
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Champ for a Day
1940
If I Had My Way
7/7
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, alon...
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If I Had My Way
1942
Mr. Gardenia Jones
5/8
Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for America...
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Mr. Gardenia Jones
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5/2
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1924
Pied Piper Malone
6.5/2
Pied Piper Malone (1924)
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Pied Piper Malone
1931
Fighting Caravans
4.95/20
Clint Belmet is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail, but his partners, Bill Jackson and Jim Bridger talk a sympathetic F...
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